A novel human glycosyltransferase: Primary structure and characterization of the gene and transcripts

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-174

  Heinonen, Taisto Y K ^a   Pasternack, Leena ^a   Lindfors, Katri ^a   Breton, Christelle ^b   Gastinel, Louis N ^c   Mäki, Markku ^a   Kainulainen, Heikki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catalytic domain; cDNA clone; Gene organization; Glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BETA3 GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0043237399     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01540-7     Document Type: Article

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